The Nanny – 1965
A Hammer film production presented by Associated British Productions Limited afld released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (USA
Copyright MCMLXV Hammer Film Productions Ltd.- All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
RCA Sound System
Made at the Elstree Studios of Associated British Productions Limited, Herts, England
Black and White 93 mins
Storyline
Nanny is the mainstay of the Fane household, so why does ten-year-old Joey hate her so much? She seems so sweet and innocent, yet he will not eat anything cooked by her, will not sleep in a room prepared by her and will not even take a bath unless she swears to keep out of the room. There must be something wrong with Joey, because there can’t possibly be anything wrong with Nanny, can there:…?
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Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
| Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Ast. Director | Christopher Dryhurst | 32 | 8 Aug 1933 | 15 Jan 1991 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Based on the novel "The Nanny" by | Evelyn Piper | 57 | 19 May 1908 | 1 Jul 1994 | 86 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Camera Operator | Kelvin Pike | 36 | 1 Jan 1929 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Continuity | Renee Glynne | 39 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 38 | 3 | 41 | |
| Director | Seth Holt | 42 | 21 Jun 1923 | 14 Feb 1971 | 47 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Director of Photog. | Harry Waxman BSc | 53 | 3 Apr 1912 | 24 Dec 1984 | 72 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Editor | Tom Simpson | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Hair Stylist | A.G. Scott | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Make-up | Tom Smith | 45 | 15 Aug 1920 | 3 Apr 2009 | 88 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Music Composer | Richard Bennett | 29 | 29 Mar 1936 | 24 Dec 2012 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 58 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
| Producer | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 | |
| Production Designer | Edward Carrick | 60 | 3 Jan 1905 | 21 Jan 1998 | 93 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Production Manager | George Fowler | 52 | 21 Dec 1912 | 29 Nov 1993 | 80 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Recording Supervisor | A.W. Lumkin | 52 | 1 Feb 1913 | 25 Oct 1985 | 72 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Screenplay | Jimmy Sangster | 37 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 65 | 2 | 67 | |
| Sound Editor | Charles Crafford GBFE | 49 | 27 Jul 1916 | 12 Nov 1977 | 61 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Sound Recordist | Norman Coggs | 49 | 2 May 1916 | 1969 | 52 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Supervising Editor | James Needs | 46 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
| Wardrobe Consultant | Rosemary Burrows | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
| Wardrobe Mistress | Mary Gibson | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Uncredited | |||||||||
| Production Secretary | Vicki Deason | 26 | 2 Dec 1938 | 84 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Second Ast. Editor | Bob Dearberg | 26 | 3 Feb 1939 | 8 May 2017 | 78 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Second Ast. Director | Ariel Levy | 21 | 12 Mar 1944 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Cast
| Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | |||
| Click a link for more info | Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Bill | James Villiers | 32 | 29 Sep 1933 | 18 Jan 1998 | 64 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bobbie | Pamela Franklin | 15 | 3 Feb 1950 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dr Beamaster | Maurice Denham | 55 | 23 Dec 1909 | 24 Jul 2002 | 92 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Dr Medman | Jack Watling | 42 | 13 Jan 1923 | 22 May 2001 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dr Wills | Alfred Burke | 47 | 28 Feb 1918 | 16 Feb 2011 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joey | William Dix | 10 | 29 Jan 1955 | 68 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Milkman | Harry Fowler | 38 | 10 Dec 1926 | 4 Jan 2012 | 85 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mrs Griggs | Nora Gordon | 71 | 29 Nov 1893 | 11 May 1970 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Nanny | Bette Davis | 57 | 5 Apr 1908 | 6 Oct 1989 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pen | Jill Bennett | 33 | 24 Dec 1931 | 4 Oct 1990 | 58 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sarah | Sandra Power | 23 | 1 Jan 1942 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Susy | Angharad Aubrey | 3 | 1 Jan 1962 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Virgie | Wendy Craig | 31 | 20 Jun 1934 | 88 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Uncredited | |||||||||
| Boy | Gary Graham | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Flower Seller | Jimmy Charters | 7 | 7 |
Production
| FILMING BEGAN | 5 April 1965 | |
| UK RELEASE | 7 November 1965 | |
| STUDIO | Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England | |
| LOCATION | Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, London, England | The Fane’s Apartmant |
| Wall Hall, Hertfordshire, England | Psychiatric hospital | |
| Walmer Road, Notting Hill, London, England | The Abortionists house | |
| Lockton St, Notting Hill, London, England | Bridge Scene |
Footnotes
This was Hammer’s last black and white production.
Bette Davis’s roles in this film and in “The Anniversary” (1968) came about as a result of the fact that Hammer at the time was co-owned by the Hyams, her son-in-law’s family.
Seth Holt, a very experienced film editor from the golden school of Ealing, directed two other films for Hammer – “Taste of Fear” (1961), and “Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb” (1971).
Pamela Franklin played the little girl Flora, one of the children beset by ghosts in Jack Clayton’s chilling film “The Innocents” (1961), which was photographed by Freddie Francis.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection